Visitors

Visitors’ programme

The Institute supports a vigorous visitors’ programme. Astrophysicists from around the world visit the Institute to work with our staff.

2022

Month Duration Visitor Home Institute Host
May 2 weeks Adam Knowles A. Sansom

2018

Month Duration Visitor Home Institute Host
January 1 week Georgia De Nolfo NASA Goddard S. Dalla
January 2 weeks Seung-Won Yang Seoul National University D. Stamatellos

2017

Month Duration Visitor Home Institute Host
July 1 week Alex Vazdekis IAC, Tenerife A.E. Sansom
February 2 days Tim A. Davis Cardiff University A.E. Sansom

2016

Month Duration Visitor Home Institute Host
June 2 days Petri Vaisanen SAAO, South Africa A.E. Sansom

2014

Dates Visitor Home Institute
2 Aug to 8 Aug James Wurster Monash, Australia
23 Jun to 9 Jul Thijs Kouwenhoven Peking, China
13 Jun 2014 Prof. Kumar Chitre University of Mumbai, India
2 to 12 Jun Dr Simon Murphy University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
15 May to 18 May Rob Izzard Bonn, Germany
7 May Adriana de Lorenzo-Caceres University of St Andrews
1 to 2 May Kathryn Johnston Columbia University
22 Apr to 25 Apr Ignacio Ferreras UCL
25 to 31 March Elena Dalla Bonta Padova University
20 Mar to 9 Apr Prof. Thebe Medupe University of the Northwest, Mafikeng, South Africa
19 Mar to 24 Mar Chris Brook UAM, Spain
15 Feb to 17 May Min Du Shanghai Astronomical Observatory
27 to 31 Jan Melissa Ness MPIA

2013

Dates Visitor Home Institute
10 Dec to 13 Dec Ivan Minchev AIP, Germany
10 Nov to 15 Nov Guido Moyano Loyola Swinburne, Australia
30 Oct to 15 Dec Tomas Ruiz Lara Granada, Spain
21 Oct to 25 Oct Andre de Casto Milane INPE, Brazil
Sep to Oct Orsolya Feher Konkoly Obs., Hungary
14 Jul to 16 Jul Paula Calderon Concepcion, Chile
14 Jul to 16 Jul Rory Smith Concepcion, Chile
15 Jul to 19 Jul Borja Anguiano Jiminez Macquarie, Australia
3 Jun to 17 Jun Geraint Lewis Sydney, Australia (UCLan Distinguished Visitor)
22 May to 24 May Stefano Pasetto MSSL
6 May to 9 May Chris Brook UAM, Madrid
19 Feb to 24 Feb Maider Sancho Miranda UAM, Madird

2012

Dates Visitor Home Institute
10 Dec to 13 Dec Gabriele Cescutti AIP, Potsdam
30 Oct to 1 Nov Michiko Fujii Leiden
16 Oct to 19 Oct Marco Pignatari Basel
3 Oct to 5 Oct Stefano Pasetto MSSL
17 Apr to 19 Apr Kate Rowlands Nottingham University

2011

Dates Visitor Home Institute
6 Dec to 9 Dec Chiaki Kobayashi Hertfordshire
4 Dec to 10 Dec Rob Thacker Saint Mary’s, Canada
4 Dec to 10 Dec Linda Campbell Saint Mary’s, Canada
28 Nov to 1 Dec Stefan Gotteloeber AIP, Potsdam
21 Nov to 24 Nov Horst Fichtner Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany
26 Sep to 30 Sep Tom Barclay NASA, Ames
25 Sep to 8 Oct Francisco Martinez-Serrano UMH, Spain
25 Sep to 7 Oct Stephanie Courty Lyon Observatory, France
25 Sep to 30 Sep Leo Michel-Dansac Lyon Observatory, France
20 Sep to 23 Sep Arunima Banerjee Bangalore
18 Sep to 26 Nov Mercedes Molla CIEMAT, Madrid
12 Sep to 12 Dec Daniel Cunnama UWC, South Africa
12 Sep to 15 Sep Andre Milone INAPE, Brazil
9 Sep to 12 Sep Rob Izzard Bonn, Germany
5 Sep to 12 Sep Chris Brook UAM, Spain
27 Jun to 15 Jul Alex Vazdekis IAC, Tenerife
26 May to 3 Jun Yakiv Pavlenko Kiev
11 Apr to 16 Apr Nicola Menci Rome Observatory, Italy
7 Mar to 11 Mar Leo Michel-Dansac Lyon Observatory, France
6 Mar to 20 Mar Stephanie Courty Lyon Observatory, France
6 Feb to 10 Feb Simone Recchi Vienna
27 Jan to 30 Jan Mary Williams AIP, Potsdam

2010

Dates Visitor Home Institute
18 Oct to 23 Oct Richard Tuffs MPIK (Heidelberg)
28 June to 29 June Amanda Karakas Australian National University
3 May to 22 May Sofia Cora Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
22 Apr to 27 Apr Stephanie Courty Lyon Observatory, France
25 Mar to 27 Mar Chris Conselice Nottingham
18 Feb to 19 Feb Sarah Buehler Edinburgh
15 Feb to 1 Mar Francesco Calura Trieste, Italy

2009

Dates Visitor Home Institute
7 Dec to 11 Dec Richard Tuffs Max Planck Institut fuer Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
16 Nov to 27 Nov Andre Milone INAPE, Brazil
7 Sep to 18 Sep Patricia Sanchez-Blazquez IAC, Spain
4 Aug to 7 Aug Richard Tuffs Max Planck Institut fuer Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
27 Jul to 28 Jul Daisuke Kawata MSSL/UCL
20 Jul to 24 Jul Rob Izzard Free University of Brussels, Belgium
1 Jun to 31 Aug Susanna Planelles University of Valencia, Spain
22 Apr to 24 Apr Romain Teyssier CEA-Saclay, France
29 Mar to 4 Apr Neus Agueda University of Helsinki, Finland
16 Mar to 27 Mar Patricia Sanchez-Blazquez IAC, Spain
16 Feb to 20 Feb Laura Sales University of Groningen
16 Feb to 20 Feb Anil Seth Harvard CFA, USA
21 Jan to 22 Jan Jorge Penarrubia University of Cambridge
13 Jan to 15 Jan Lindsay King University of Cambridge

2008

Dates Visitor Home Institute
1 Dec to 8 Dec Franck Hersant Bordeaux Obs., France
22 Sep to 6 Oct Igor Savanov Armagh Obs.
12 Sep to 13 Sep Darren Reed Los Alamos Nat. Lab., USA
11 Aug to 12 Sep Franck Hersant Bordeaux Obs., France
4 Aug to 8 Aug Gerry Williger University of Louisville
14 Jul to 18 Jul Richard Tuffs Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany
10 Jun to 13 Jun Larisza Krista Trinity College, Dublin
2 Jun to 3 Jun Matthew Graham Caltech
19 May to 23 May Chris Flynn Turku University, Finland
27 Apr to 24 May Elisa Toloba UCM, Madrid, Spain
22 Apr to 3 May Daisuke Kawata Carnegie Observatories, USA
17 Mar to 28 Mar Liliana Hernandez UNAM, Mexico
7 Mar to 12 Mar Rok Roskar University of Washington, USA
26 Feb to 4 Mar Richard Tuffs Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany
25 Feb to 21 Mar Rob Proctor Swinburne University, Australia
26 Jan to 29 Jan Alexander Knebe AIP, Potsdam, Germany
13 Jan to 25 Jan Torgny Karlsson NORDITA, Sweden
18 Jan Uta Fritze University of Hertfordshire
18 Jan Ralf Kotulla University of Hertfordshire
16 Jan to 24 Jan Richard Tuffs

2007

Dates Visitor Home Institute
9 Dec to 15 Dec Rob Izzard Utrecht University, Netherlands
20 Nov Tim O’Brien University of Manchester, UK
3 Nov to 10 Nov Matias Arrigoni University of Groningen, Netherlands
24 Oct to 26 Oct Richard Tuffs Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany
1 Sep to 30 Sep Rok Roskar Univ of Washington, USA
6 Aug to 10 Aug Isabel Perez Groningen & Granada
1 Aug to 10 Aug Franck Hersant Bordeaux Obs., France
26 Jul to 27 Jul Tom Broadhurst Tel-Aviv, Israel
23 Jul to 6 Aug Jesus Gonzalez UNAM, Mexico
9 Jul to 13 Jul Rob Izzard Utrecht, Netherlands
2 Jul to 6 Jul Gerard Williger Louisville, USA
2 Jul to 6 Jul Markus Hartmann Gottingen, Germany
10 Jun to 15 Jun Brian O’Shea Los Alamos Nat Lab, USA
28 May to 30 May Swetlana Hubrig ESO
2 May to 6 May Stefan Harfst Rochester Inst. Tech.
3 Apr to 6 Apr Pierre Ocvirk Paris
1 Apr to 15 Apr Leticia Carigi UNAM, Mexico
6 Mar to 7 Mar Rodrigo Ibata Strasbourg Obs., France
14 Feb to 23 Feb Leo Michel-Dansac UNAM, Mexico
11 Jan Slimane Bensammer Paris Obs, France
1 Jan to 7 Jan Franck Hersant Bordeaux Obs, France

2006

Dates Visitor Home Institute
16 Dec to 31 Dec Franck Hersant Bordeaux Obs, France
27 Nov to 28 Nov Elizabeth Griffin NRC-HIA, Canada
21 Oct to 25 Oct Daisuke Kawata Carnegie Obs., USA
21 Sept Ben Moore Zurich, Switzerland
7 Aug to 5 Sept Hideki Yahagi NAOJ, Japan
7 Aug to 11 Aug Chris Fluke Swinburne, Australia
3 Aug to 4 Aug Mustapha Mouhcine Liverpool John Moores, United Kingdom
1 Aug to 4 Aug Stephanie Courty Iceland
18 July to 21 July Dawn Erb Harvard, USA
18 July to 19 July Chris Brook Laval, Canada
21 June to 22 June Rob Proctor Swinburne University, Australia
22 May to 26 May Leticia Carigi UNAM, Mexico
22 May to 26 May Rob Izzard Utrecht, Netherlands
22 May to 26 May Carolina Odman Leiden, Netherlands
15 May to 16 May Paul Murdin PPARC, United Kingdom
1 May to 4 May Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard Aarhus, Denmark
1 May to 4 May Conny Aerts Leuven, Belgium
14 Apr to 24 Apr Patricia Sanchez-Blazquez EPFL, Switzerland
1 Mar to 2 Mar Mike Thompson Sheffield, United Kingdom
2 Feb to 4 Feb Thebe Medupe South African Astronomical Observatory
24 Jan to 25 Jan Tom Geballe Gemini Obs., USA
24 Jan John Raymond Harvard, USA
16 Jan to 19 Jan Eric Fossat Laboratoire Universitaire d’Astrophysique de Nice, France